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J. D. ROBERTSON.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

No. 307,336. Patented 001;. 28, 1884.

Vfiinesses was Mc-lvlhoqrapht. wan-um u c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

" IICIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,336, dated October 28. 1884.

Application tiled Fll l'lllli) ll-1 H 4.

in divers details therenl'. \\'lll('ii. by the aid of the aeeonipairving drawings. will he ilt'lllllafter (lQSt'l'llM'Ll and elaiined.

In said drawings. Figure l is a plan view o! in improved hackle. 1 in. L is a transverse set-thin taken a on line X, Fig. l. and showing the leather strap in position as set-ured thereto. Fig. I; i. 1l$t('llfill taken as'on line Fig. l. and slunviir; the respeetire parts at tin: harness as aitaelu-d thereto. Fig. -l is a sertion similar to Fig. 2;. hut taken on line l-ig. l.

In said \il-ws, (1 represents the trout liar ol the buckle. liar. to whieh the tongue is usually attaehed.

is: closed down upon the leather. its end rest ing on bar 0, the central part ol' liange 9 being cut away for that purpose. When theadiust ahle strap or part it oh lieharnessis inserted heneatli l)zll(l,ttlld is passed through loop unaller tonguej is seated in a huh-th rein. thet'ong'ue ii is held tirnily down upon part I hy both tongue] and that part of strap H which passes over Ii and through loop 11!. ,llv pivotingtongue] on bar (1. instead ol liar v. the strain Ol'strap n is toward the pivot. and hence the tongue can better resist the same than it it' were exerted away from said pivot. in the usual manner.

I am aware that lnn-klt-s have heretofore been made and used in which a plate or broadened part was formed upon and extended from thehuekle proper;l|enee l donut lu'oadlyelaiin a hackle having such plate as an integral part thereof, nrv invention r lating to the de- \iiaus'l Y which the respeetive parts of the I, h are the side harsaiud r the rear t plate. r7, extends from lnr r. and is hounded J at its edges Irv the rilis or raised iiang'es 1' w. and upon it are formed thestudsj'f. (in the rear side of har e is formed a lip or tlang'e. 5 (Shown hy dotted lines in Fig. land hysolid lines in Fig. -1-.;- tongue or bar, It, is piv oted to plate 1! [iv means of stud i. t'orined thereon. or in any suitable manner and its free end resls'on har r when it is depressed, and a tongue j, is pivoted to front hat, a, by means of stud it". formed thereon, or in any snitahle manner. The standing part l of the harness. to which the usual loop m. is so cured. is seated upon plate (1. between ribs 0, and its end is seeured in the recess beneath llaugey, as shown in Fig. 4, the stinls /'aiul 'ientering holes cut in the leather, and bar It. whieh passes through the hole out; for stud i.

harness are seeured in position in and upon the lllltjiiitj when applied thereto. Hence I claim as in inventi0nt. In a l)l1(:l i( formed with a plate, (I, a

flange. 1 formed upon the adjacent bare, and extendiirg, partl over said plate to produee a reeess to reeeire and secure the end of strap 1. suhstautially as speeilied.

2. ln eoinhiuation with a LHlLhitf formed with plate dto receive strap l a tongue orbar, h, pivoted to said plate and arranged to overlay and secure said strap to the plate, suh stantially as speeified.

:3. in ahnckle. the tOlllllillzlllflll ut hat or tongue h, arranged to secure strap in position. and tonguej, arranged to secure strap a and to eonline the free end of liar ll. snhstautiallv as specified. 

